Alex Fox OBEinInvisibleAsylumEscaping the invisible asylumHere is the introduction to my book, A new health and care system: escaping the invisible asylum available on Amazon or from the Policy…Jun 4, 2019Jun 4, 2019
Alex Fox OBEinInvisibleAsylumHorrorAfter last night’s BBC Panorama expose I looked back at what I wrote here eight years ago, after Panorama secretly filmed abuse in…May 23, 2019May 23, 2019
Alex Fox OBEinInvisibleAsylumThe new powerDot Turton describes her organisation Recovery Connections as, among other things, “messy”. The Care Quality Commission have just…Apr 26, 2019Apr 26, 2019
Alex Fox OBEinInvisibleAsylumThe real reasons we still don’t co-produceIt’s rare to hear senior public service and voluntary sector leaders talk openly against the idea of co-production. Some still confuse it…Apr 23, 2019Apr 23, 2019
Alex Fox OBEinInvisibleAsylumAm I an ally?A conversation about power in the relationships between disabled people and their personal assistants, got me thinking about privilege and…Feb 14, 2019Feb 14, 2019
Alex Fox OBEinInvisibleAsylumThe system said nothingThe family said, “The system will only help you when it’s already too late.”Nov 9, 2018Nov 9, 2018
Alex Fox OBEinInvisibleAsylumThe need for a Slow Policy movement(I was not aware when writing this blog of this 2005 paper by Peter Bates which has a similar theme and which draws on In Praise of Slow…Sep 18, 2017Sep 18, 2017
Alex Fox OBEinInvisibleAsylumScaling downWe’re often challenged on how we can scale up the small, human-scale interventions which we promote. I’ve argued here before that we don’t…Sep 21, 2015Sep 21, 2015